About a year ago some friends of ours were getting rid of a changing table. They asked if we'd like to have it we said "sure!", thinking we'd just put it in the basement and use it as extra storage shelving. So we've had this semi-ugly changing table sitting in our basement being used for everything but it's intended purpose.
It looked something like a changing table you could get at ikea (it may even be from ikea...I'm not entirely sure...Just basic blonde wood and white shelves (very dirty, almost gray, white shelves...).
In light of our recent baby news we have been trying to put a nursery together as cheaply as possible, and since we'll be moving a few months after baby is born, we won't have an actual nursery here (sad day...). But I've been researching things to put in a nursery, such as cribs and bassinets and changing tables and suddenly I remembered that I have a changing table!
But it was ugly...
Alex and I decided to make a weekend project out of it. It took much debate on what color to paint it since our crib is a dark wood color and we weren't sure of gender. Couldn't just paint it pink or blue...We finally decided on gray, since I wanted that to be a main color in either nursery. We went to Walmart (cause we're poor college students...) and got some gray paint from the nice man in the paint section, got some paintbrushes at the Restore and went to work!
Unfortunately we live in Wisconsin where the temperature drops considerably for no reason in October...and it was going to be too cold to paint it outside if we didn't do it that day. So we set up a painting station in our landlords garage (he's really nice...) and got to work.
After we finished painting both Alex and I decided that the shelves were beyond hope...paint wasn't sticking and the dirty white and particle board just wasn't working for me. I got some shelf liner at the Dollar Tree that was the color of dark wood and stuck it on the shelves. I also picked up some fabric storage baskets from Walmart for the top shelf and added some little, faux chalkboard labels to the little label pocket just to make it look like I know what I'm doing...I really have no idea what I'm actually going to put in them, but I'm sure I'll find plenty of things when the time comes.
I think in the end we ended up spending about $25 on the whole project. Not bad! I have one more project for an extra storage basket for the bottom shelf, but I have to wait until the next trip to Walmart for my supplies (you have to learn to be patient when you live half an hour from the nearest Walmart!).
Anyways...Here it is!
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